Discover the completely unique aesthetic ofTadao Ando, the only architect ever to have won the discipline s four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize.Philippe Starck defines him as a mystic in a country which is no longer mystic. Philip Drew calls his buildings land art as they struggle to emerge from the earth. His designs have been described ashaiku crafted from concrete, water, light, and space. But to Ando, true architecture is not expressed in metaphysics or beauty, but rather throughspace that embodies physical wisdom.This thoroughlyupdated editionspans the breadth ofhis entire career, including such acclaimed new projects as theBourse de Commerce in Parisand theNakanoshima Children s Book Forestin Osaka. Each project is profiled throughphotographsandarchitectural drawingsto explore Ando s unprecedented use of concrete, wood, water, light, space, and natural forms.Featuring designs from award-winning private homes, churches, museums, and apartment complexes to cultural spaces throughout Japan, South Korea, France, Italy, Germany, Mexico, and the USA, this edition brings you up close and personal with a Modernist master.
